Yue

[y̑ɛ]

/[y̑ɛ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Yue” is uncommon German (frequency #99,364 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,364
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Süden Chinas gesprochene Sprache; die kantonesische Sprache

Corpus desk

Index DE-yue · Yue · German

Yue · rank #99,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,364
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH zaristischen

Nearest frequency peer: zaristischen (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Yue“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Yue“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Yue
PropertyValue
HeadwordYue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[y̑ɛ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#99,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Yue“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Yuefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zaristischen“ (#99,366), „Zeichnern“ (#99,367), „Zeitform“ (#99,368). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „Yue“ bei #99,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Yue is uncommon German at frequency #99,364 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [y̑ɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Süden Chinas gesprochene Sprache; die kantonesische Sprache".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Yue, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Yue, spelled Y-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    im Süden Chinas gesprochene Sprache; die kantonesische Sprache

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Yue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Verschiedene Dialekte des Yue unterscheiden sich in einigen Eigenschaften des Tonsystems.“
  2. „Immerhin dient auch in anderen chinesischen Dialekten wie etwa im Taiwanesischen, Hakka oder Yue das Lexem ‚geben‘ zur Passivierung[.]“

Synonyms

Kantonesisch

This word in other languages

yue(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Yue"?
"Yue" is spelled Y-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [y̑ɛ].
What does "Yue" mean?
As a noun, "Yue" means: im Süden Chinas gesprochene Sprache; die kantonesische Sprache
How do you pronounce "Yue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Yue" is [y̑ɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Yue" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Yue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aco#99,432amu#99,455ATF#99,486SRT#99,120

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list